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Théâtre Du Splendid
Le Splendid is a café-théâtre company founded in Paris by a collection of writers and actors in the 1970s: Christian Clavier, Michel Blanc, Gérard Jugnot, Thierry Lhermitte (four childhood friends who knew one another from the Lycée Pasteur in Neuilly-sur-Seine), Josiane Balasko, Marie-Anne Chazel, Bruno Moynot and Claire Magnin. The members of the company went on to become some of the most significant actors and directors in French cinema from the 1980s onwards and have collectively won many César Awards. Anémone, Dominique Lavanant and Martin Lamotte have often worked with the troupe on stage and in films, but are not part of the collective. The café-théâtre was located in the Rue des Lombards in the 4th arrondissement of Paris. Members Principal members * Josiane Balasko * Michel Blanc * Marie-Anne Chazel * Christian Clavier * Gérard Jugnot * Thierry Lhermitte Collaborators * Anémone * Dominique Lavanant * Bruno Moynot * Martin Lamotte Theatre *''Je Vais Craq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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P1, P01, P-1 or P.1 may refer to: Computing, robotics, and, telecommunications * DSC-P1, a 2000 Sony Cyber-shot P series camera model * Sony Ericsson P1, a UIQ 3 smartphone * Packet One, the first company to launch WiMAX service in Southeast Asia * Peer 1, an Internet hosting provider * Honda P1, a 1993 Honda P series of robots, an ASIMO predecessor Media * DR P1, a Danish radio network operated by Danmarks Radio * NRK P1, a Norwegian radio network operated by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation * SR P1, a Swedish radio network operated by Sveriges Radio * Polonia 1, a Polish TV channel of the Polcast Television Military * P-1 Hawk, a 1923 biplane fighter of the U.S. Army Air Corps * Kawasaki P-1, a Japanese maritime patrol aircraft (previously P-X) * P-1 (missile), a Soviet anti-ship cruise missile Science Biology * P1 antigen, identifies P antigen system * P1 laboratory, biosafety -level-1 laboratory * P1 phage, a bacterial virus * SARS-CoV-2 Gamma variant, a stra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Bronzés
''French Fried Vacation'' (, ) is a 1978 cult French comedy film directed by Patrice Leconte. The film satirizes life resorts such as Club Med. It is one of many films by the French comedy group Le Splendid. Josiane Balasko, Michel Blanc, Marie-Anne Chazel, Gérard Jugnot, Thierry Lhermitte and Christian Clavier wrote and created together the play "Amours, Coquillages et Crustacés", and drew the scenario for ''Les Bronzés'' from this café-théâtre piece.''Paris Match'' No.2921 12–18 May 2005 The film has achieved cult status in France, where it sold 2.2 million tickets during its initial theatrical release. It was followed by two sequels, also directed by Patrice Leconte: '' Les Bronzés font du ski'' (1979) and '' Les Bronzés 3: Amis pour la vie'' (2006). Plot In 1978, Gigi, Jérôme, Christiane, Jean-Claude, and Bernard simultaneously arrive at the Club Med in Assinie, Côte d'Ivoire, each with their distinct personalities. The vacation spot operates on a system where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serial (Bad) Weddings
''Serial (Bad) Weddings'' () is a 2014 French comedy film directed by Philippe de Chauveron, and starring Christian Clavier and Chantal Lauby. It is the first installment in the ''Serial (Bad) Weddings'' film series, and was followed by ''Serial (Bad) Weddings 2'' in 2019, and by ''Serial (Bad) Weddings 3'' in 2022. Plot Claude Verneuil, a Gaullism, Gaullist Civil law notary, notary, and his wife Marie, a Roman Catholicism, Catholic Bourgeoisie, bourgeois from Chinon, are parents of four daughters: Isabelle, Odile, Ségolène, and Laure. The three eldest are already married to men, each one of a different religion and a different ethnic origin: Isabelle married Rashid Ben Assem, an Algerian Muslim lawyer, Odile married David Benichou, a Sephardi Jews, Sephardi Jew entrepreneur, and Ségolène married Chao Ling, a Han Chinese banker who is not religious. The Verneuils pretend to accept their sons-in-law but have had a hard time hiding their discomfort at accepting people into the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Visiteurs
''Les Visiteurs'' (; English: ''The Visitors'') is a 1993 French fantasy comedy film directed by Jean-Marie Poiré. It stars the duo of Christian Clavier and Jean Reno, and Valérie Lemercier. It also features Marie-Anne Chazel, :fr:Christian Bujeau, Christian Bujeau, Isabelle Nanty and Didier Pain in supporting roles. In the film, a 12th-century knight and his squire travel in time to the end of the 20th century and find themselves adrift in modern society. ''Les Visiteurs'' was the highest-grossing film in France in 1993 and remains one of the List of highest-grossing films in France, highest-grossing films in the country today. The publicity for the film used the tagline ''Ils ne sont pas nés d'hier'' ("They weren't born yesterday"). After its box office success, the film was nominated eight times for the 19th César Awards. It won the César for Best Supporting Actress, awarded to Valérie Lemercier. The success of the film and its cliffhanger ending led to a sequel, The Visit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alain Chabat
Alain Chabat (; born 24 November 1958) is a French actor, comedian, director, screenwriter, producer and television presenter. Originally known for his work in the comedy group Les Nuls, including as the co-writer and lead actor of ''La Cité de la peur'' (1994), he later co-created and hosted the ''Burger Quiz'' game show, which became the most watched entertainment show in the history of French television. Chabat has also become a notable filmmaker of his own, typically both writing and starring in the movies he directed, which include cult comedy films such as ''Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra'' (2002), ''RRRrrrr!!!'' (2004) and ''Houba! On the Trail of the Marsupilami'' (2012). He appeared in ''French Twist (film), French Twist'' (1995), ''The Taste of Others'' (2000), ''Happily Ever After (2004 film), Happily Ever After'' (2004), ''The Science of Sleep'' (2006), as well as briefly in the television series ''Kaamelott'' (2005). Additionally, he voiced Shrek (character), t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mission Cleopatra
''Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra'' () is a 2002 fantasy comedy film written and directed by Alain Chabat (in his directorial debut) and adapted from the comic book series ''Asterix'' by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. At the time, it was the most expensive French film ever made. A critical success, it was also a major box office success in France, becoming its most successful film in 36 years and second biggest commercial success of all time after 1966's ''La Grande Vadrouille''. Based on the 1965 book ''Asterix and Cleopatra'', which had previously been adapted into a 1968 animated film, it is the second installment in the ''Asterix'' film series. Christian Clavier and Gérard Depardieu reprise their roles as Asterix and Obelix, alongside newcomers Jamel Debbouze, Monica Bellucci, Claude Rich, Gérard Darmon, Édouard Baer, Dieudonné, as well as Chabat himself. It is a sequel to ''Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar'' (1999). Plot Infuriated by belittlements, Queen Cleo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Fried Vacation 3
''French Fried Vacation 3'' (, ; released in some English-speaking countries as ''Friends Forever'') is a 2006 French comedy film, and the sequel to '' Les Bronzés'' (1978) and '' Les Bronzés font du ski'' (1979). Like the first two films, it is directed by Patrice Leconte and stars mostly members of the theatrical/film troupe Le Splendid. ''Les Bronzés 3: Amis pour la vie'' follows up on the revelers from the first two films, now in their 50s. Plot At a secluded luxury hotel in Sardinia owned by Graziella, beautiful Italian wife of the still handsome Popeye who now likes to be known as Robert, the other characters from the first two films, now in their 50s, start arriving. Robert is distracted by pursuing an affair with a girl who works in the kitchens and insists he leave his wife. Bernard and Nathalie, who own a chain of opticians' shops, have a son who arrives to announce his civil union with an older man. J-C is a bald hairdresser in the US, living with Gigi who has acquir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Tired
''Dead Tired'' () is a 1994 French comedy film directed by Michel Blanc. It was entered into the 1994 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Michel Blanc is a great film actor. However, he has been accused of sexually abusing actresses Josiane Balasko, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Mathilda May, of behaving like a cad at Cannes and of accepting dubious publicity deals, such as appearances in supermarkets, behind the back of his agent. The evidence is there for everyone to see, but Blanc knows he is innocent. He seeks assistance from fellow actress Carole Bouquet to shed light on this matter, and he discovers that he has a perfect double, Patrick Olivier, who, having suffered all his life from his likeness to Michel Blanc, has decided to use this to his financial advantage. Cast * Michel Blanc as himself / Patrick Olivier * Carole Bouquet as herself * Philippe Noiret as himself * Josiane Balasko as herself * Marie-Anne Chazel as herself * Christian Clavier as himself * Guillaume Durand as hims ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gramps Is In The Resistance
''Gramps Is in the Resistance'' or ''Papy fait de la résistance'' is a French war comedy film directed by Jean-Marie Poiré in 1983. Plot Héléna Bourdelle, a.k.a. "La Bourdelle", is a world-renowned opera singer and the wife of maestro André Bourdelle. They live in a luxurious ''hôtel particulier'' in Paris, with their three grown-up children—Bernadette, Colette and Guy-Hubert—and André's father, known as "Gramps". When Nazi Germany occupies France, André becomes a leader of a Resistance cell but he is killed by the accidental explosion of a grenade. Two years later, the family's mansion is requisitioned by the German occupation authorities to accommodate ''Wehrmacht'' general Hermann Spontz, transferred from Eastern Front to Paris. The Germans brutally take over the whole house and leave the family occupying the cellar, and complaining to the '' Kommandantur'' about the excesses of Spontz and his men. While in the Kommandantur, Madame Bourdelle, her daughter Bernade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Marie Poiré
Jean-Marie Poiré (; born 10 July 1945), also credited as Jean-Marie Gaubert, is a French film director, and screenwriter. He is the son of the producer Alain Poiré. Filmography As director * ''Les petits câlins'' (''The Little Wheedlers'') (1978) * ''Retour en force'' (''Return in Bond'') (1980) * ''Les Hommes préfèrent les grosses'' (''Men Prefer Fat Girls'') (1981) * ''Le Père Noël est une ordure'' (1982) * ''Papy fait de la résistance'' (1983) * ''Twist again à Moscou'' (''Twist Again in Moscow'') (1986) * ''Mes meilleurs copains'' (1989) * ''L'Opération Corned-Beef'' (1991) * ''Les Visiteurs'' (''The Visitors'') (1993) * ''Les Anges gardiens'' (''Guardian Angels'') (1995) * ''Les Visiteurs II, Les Visiteurs II: Les Couloirs du temps'' (''The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time'') (1998) * ''Just Visiting (film), Just Visiting'' (2001) (as Jean-Marie Gaubert) * ''Ma femme s'appelle Maurice, Ma femme... s'appelle Maurice'' (''My Wife Maurice'' aka ''My Wife's Name Is Mau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Claus Is A Stinker
''Santa Claus is a Stinker'' (, , or 'Father Christmas is a shit') is a French comedy play created in 1979 by the troupe Le Splendid and turned into a film directed by Jean-Marie Poiré in 1982. Plot Pierre, a stuffy and self-righteous volunteer at a telephone helpline for depressed people, and his well-meaning but naïve co-worker Thérèse, are stuck with the Christmas Eve shift in the Paris office, much to their displeasure. The building's lift is malfunctioning, and they receive visits from unwanted callers: Katia, a depressed transvestite who tries to hit on Pierre; M. Preskovitch who lives in the same building and always turns up unexpectedly to offer them various unappetizing pastries; and Josette, a heavily pregnant woman on the run from her violent fiancé Félix who is trying to get her to come back home to cook the Christmas Eve dinner. However, what was supposed to be a calm working evening, quickly turns sour. The origin of the doubitchous The pastries used in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Fried Vacation 2
''French Fried Vacation 2'' (''Les Bronzés font du ski'') is a classic 1979 French comedy directed by Patrice Leconte. It is a sequel to ''Les Bronzés'' (1978), and it was followed by '' Les Bronzés 3: Amis pour la vie'' (2006). Plot The characters from the first movie get together again, this time in the ski resort of Val d'Isère where Jérôme, Gigi and Popeye work. Jérôme and Gigi are now married: Gigi owns a pancake house while Jérôme has a medical practice. Nathalie and Bernard, reconciled and fairly "nouveaux riches", are owners of a timeshare. Jean-Claude is still desperately trying to seduce any girl that he sees, and still fails pathetically. Christiane has an affair with Marius, a married man who is also much older than her. Popeye is now far less cocksure: after his countless adulterous flings, he is now humiliated by his wife who openly cheats on him. Moreover, while he claims to be the manager of a ski shop, it soon becomes clear that his wife and her l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
